Curate is a public engagement project which aims to establish a platform for public consultation and co-curation of the Museum’s collection of scientific instruments from the Islamic world building on the work of the Museum’s team of Young Producers.

Board Games and Medieval Medicine is a public engagement project linked to an academic research project on the literary history of medicine which is funded by the Wellcome Trust. The project has created a series of board games for engaging with the early history of medicine which have been piloted with schools and family audiences at the Museum alongside activities linked to the Museum’s collection of scientific instruments from the Islamic World.

Curious Curators was a joint project between the four Oxford University museums (Museum of the History of Science, Ashmolean, Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum). It was led by the primary education officers from each Museum.

The Animate It project resulted in a series of short films that bring to life a selection of working scientific instruments from the Museum’s collection. All are on permanent display but for conservation reasons would not normally be handled or demonstrated in public. The films include demonstration, explanation, and some historical background.

During autumn 2014 the Museum was involved in an inspiring art and science collaboration with the Key Stage 2 Art Club from SS Mary and John CE Primary School, East Oxford, gaining a Discover Arts Award.

Story Makers is a Fusion Arts project led by Arts Psychotherapist Helen Edwards, and funded by Children in Need. The project is designed to scaffold the development of speech and language, working with 7 to 11 year old children in primary schools in Oxford and a group of older adults ‘Echoes’ run by Artscape. This year the project was run in partnership with the Museum of the History of Science.

A project involving students of engineering in events for schools and the general public which focus on engineering, design and innovation. This project is funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering under its Ingenious Programme for public engagement, and aims to provide training and experience in public engagement for engineering students.

With the help of funding from the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, children from years 5 and 6 use visits to the Museum to inspire writing which helps objects from the collection “come alive” using storytelling techniques.